Cross-border hike from Altenberg/Zinnwald to the viewpoint on Mückenberg/CZ with impressive views over the Bohemian Basin and back to the German side of the Ore Mountains ridge.
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Cross-border hike from Altenberg/Zinnwald to the viewpoint on Mückenberg/CZ with impressive views over the Bohemian Basin and back to the German side of the Ore Mountains ridge.
Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Mückenberg (Komáří hůrka)
Viewpoint and Hotel Mückentürmchen (Komáří vížka)
Start at Hotel Lugsteinhof. Turn left onto clearing 30, at the weather station the border to the Czech Republic is crossed, at the golf course turn left onto the connecting road Moldava – Cinovec up to the pedestrian crossing on the extension of the B 170, through the Bohemian part of Zinnwald to the left onto the connecting road Cinovec – Fojtovice,
Past the church to the red trail marker, car park to the right into the forest on the ridge of the Eastern Ore Mountains. Follow the well-marked red trail through forest and meadow paths on the “Beer Trail” and pause briefly at the “Beer Rest”, shortly afterwards you reach an asphalt path and see to the left the Mückenberg (Komáří hůrka) with the viewpoint and Hotel Mückentürmchen (Komáří vížka). From there, there is a breathtaking view over the Bohemian Basin
The return route follows this asphalt hiking and cycling path until shortly after a dilapidated forester's house (approx. 4.5 kilometers from the Mückentürmchen), then turn right uphill to the new holiday homes of Cinovec, follow the signage to Hotel Pomezi, just before this hotel use the newly built pedestrian and ski bridge over the former E 55.
Leave the golf course to the left and return to the starting point.
Sights
1. Winter Sports Museum in the Eastern Ore Mountains Hotel Lugsteinhof Zinnwald
Zinnwald Weather Station
(Guided tours from Lugsteinhof on Mondays from 1:45 pm)
Georgenfeld Raised Bog open from April to October
Visitor mine Tiefen Bünaustollen Zinnwald
Tue to Sun 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Major conservation project “Mountain Meadows in the Eastern Ore Mountains”
(Border meadows Fürstenau and Fürstenauer Heide)
St. Wolfgang Chapel below the Mückentürmchen
Sat-Sun 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Oldest chairlift in Central Europe from the Mückentürmchen
to the town of Krupka year-round every 30 minutes from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm
Places to eat
Hotel Lugsteinhof Phone 0049 35056 365-0 www.lugsteinhof.de
Berghotel Mückentürmchen with restaurant
Phone: 0042 417861348 www.komarivizka.eu/en
Hotel Pomezi (Berghof Ausspanne) Cinovec
Phone: 00420 417888005 www.pomezi.cz/en
Restaurant at the golf course Krusnohorsky Dvur (Ore Mountains Court)
Phone: 00420 606724995 www.krusnohorskydvur.cz
Hiking car park at the former border station,
Car park at Hotel Lugsteinhof
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Hotel Lugsteinhof
Neugeorgenfeld 36
District Zinnwald-Georgenfeld
01773 Altenberg
Phone: (0049) 3 50 56 / 36 50
Fax: (0049) 3 50 56 / 36 55 5
E-mail: info@lugsteinhof.de
www.lugsteinhof.de
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